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Guangdong yu tu
Wood block print. Includes text which explains boundaries and distance. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Previous call no.: G2308.K8W82 1685 Vault

Nova orbis tabvla in lvcem edita
Nova orbis tabula in lucem edita
Relief shown pictorially. Appears in the author's Atlas. Amsterdam, 1688? Includes maps of the north polar region and south polar region and col. ill. Vertically fold-lined in half. Mounted on paper, mounted on cloth. LC copy imperfect: Pin holes in cloth tape at fold and in all corners. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Contributor:
Wit, Frederik De.

Date:1688

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North America divided into its principall parts where are dis...
North America divided into its pricipall parts, viz. Arctick lands, New North Wales, N. South Wales, N. Brittain, Canada, N. France, N. Scotland, N. England, N. York, N. Jarsey, Mary-Land, Virginia, Carolina, Florida, Mexico, the islands of New Found Land, California, the Antilles, in which are distinguished the severall countries as they are possessed by the English, Spanish, and French, &c.
Relief shown pictorially. At upper right: Described by Sanson, corrected and amended by William Berry. Prime meridian: Ferro. Includes ill. Sectioned and mounted on cloth backing. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

A new map of Virginia, Maryland, and the improved parts of Pe...
Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. Date and attribution from On the Map, 1983 (Figure 24). First state of map published originally in 1685 by Christopher Browne with the imprint in the cartouche under the title. No longitude lines are given. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy annotated with pencil in bottom margin. Stamped...

Contributor:
Browne, Christopher

Date:1685

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A map of Rariton River, Milstone River, South River ... (1685)
Bibliographic information on back reprinted. Stokes called this "the first known copperplate made in America." (v. 6 plate 84, opp. p. 60). This was disproved by Wroth. Map was engraved in England. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Contributor:
Reid, John - Simson, R.

Date:1685

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A mapp of ye improved part of Pensilvania in America, divided...
Shows rural landholders' names and lots in Philadelphia, Chester, and Bucks Counties. First issue. Includes indexes of landholders, inset of "The city of Philadelphia, two miles in length and one in breadth," and coat of arms. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault

Contributor:
Holme, Thomas - Harris, John - Lea, Philip

Date:1687

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Fac-simile of Holmes-map of the province of Pennsylvania : wi...
Shows rural landholders' names and lots in the Philadelphia region. Alternate title at top: A map of the improved part of the province of Pennsylvania in America : begun by William Penn, proprietor and governor thereof, anno 1681. Facsim. "Reproduced from the original in the Philadelphia Library by the anastatic process." Original version: A map of the province of Pennsilvania : containing the three...

A mapp of ye improved part of Pensilvania in America, divided...
Shows rural landholders' names and lots in Philadelphia, Chester, and Bucks Counties. Third issue. Includes indexes of landholders, inset of "The city of Philadelphia, two miles in length and one in breadth," and coat of arms. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault

Contributor:
Holme, Thomas - Harris, John - Lea, Philip

Date:1687

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A mapp of ye improved part of Pensilvania in America, divided...
Shows rural landholders' names and lots in Philadelphia, Chester, and Bucks Counties. First issue. From the Rosenwald Collection, no. 1308. Includes indexes of landholders, inset of "The City of Philadelphia, two miles in length and one in breadth," and coat of arms. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault

Nouvelle carte de la Caroline
Relief shown pictorially. Covers collectively the region with Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia, and a portion of Maryland. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Title in French; geographic names in English. English edition of this map appears in Morden, Robert. Geography rectified. London, 1688.

The empire of the Great Turke in Europe, Asia, & Africa : div...
Dominions or empire of the Great Turke in Europe, Asia, and Africa :
Covers the Ottoman Empire and adjacent regions of the Middle East. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: Ferro. Originally printed on 2 sheets (western/eastern) now conjoined. LC copy imperfect: Fold-lined to form sheet quarters. Includes inset of Algerian littoral of Africa, bar scales for 5 different lengths of measurement, embellished title cartouche, and embellished bar-scale cartouche. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site...

Contributor:
Berry, William - Sanson, Nicolas

Date:1680

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A mapp of the travels and voyages of the apostles in their mi...
Map of the travels and voyages of the apostles
Relief shown pictorially. Includes scenes of apostles at bottom of sheet. Attributed to Richard Blome. Exhibition: Jordanian Display, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., May 25-27, 2005. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

General Maps
This category includes maps that typically portray the physical environment and a variety of cultural elements for a geographic area at a particular point in time. The maps in this category show a geographic area larger than a city or town and do not display a subject that is part of one of the thematic categories.